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Graphic Memories: Tales From Uganda’s Female Former Child Soldiers

Innovative Storytelling, third prize

This animated and interactive graphic novel brings to life the stories of four young women who were abducted as young girls, raped and forced to kill for Joseph Kony's rebel army. Their stories demonstrate their incredible bravery as they face challenges upon their return, including PTSD and stigmatization. It also documents the challenges facing aid organizations trying to rehabilitate these women and their communities. Two of the women's stories illustrate the fact that child soldiers are returning from the bush even now, further disadvantaged by a drought in government aid.

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"It’s one of the most difficult subjects to cover and to share... through illustration, animation, text and the interviews, we are able to go into something really tangible that we understand."—Vincent Morisset, Innovative Storytelling jury member